Cincinnati FC

Cincinnati FC
Basic data
Surname	Football Club Cincinnati
Seat	Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
founding	2015
owner	Carl H. Lindner III Scott Farmer George Joseph
president	Jeff Berding
Website	fccincinnati.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Jaap Stam
Venue	Nippert Stadium
Places	40,000
league	Major League Soccer
2019	Eastern Conference: 12th place Overall table: 24th place
home Away

The Football Club Cincinnati , shortly FC Cincinnati , is a franchise of professional football - League Major League Soccer (MLS) from Cincinnati , Ohio .

The franchise, founded in 2015, played three seasons in the United Soccer League , the second highest division in North American football , from 2016 to 2018 . For the 2019 season, the franchise switched to Major League Soccer.

history

United Soccer League

In May 2015 the first rumors surfaced that a USL franchise would be created in Cincinnati. It was announced that a partnership with the NFL franchise Cincinnati Bengals is to be formed so that a new football club can be founded.

Cincinnati FC was founded on August 12, 2015. The owner is a community of owners around CEO Carl H. Lindner III, co-owner of the American Financial Group. On the day it was founded, the former US international John Harkes was introduced as coach.

In the first season, the team achieved three league records in terms of visitor numbers at home games. On April 16, 2016, 20,497 spectators saw the game against Louisville City FC . This record was broken on May 14, 2016, with 23,375 spectators watching the game against Pittsburgh Riverhounds . Another record was set on September 17, 2016, with 24,376 spectators watching the game against Orlando City B.

After the regular season 2016, FC Cincinnati reached third place in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the play-offs. There they lost to the Charleston Battery . Due to the successful first season, the team received a lot of media attention and started talking about an expansion in Major League Soccer .

For the 2017 season, the South African Alan Koch became the new coach of the USL franchise. The team was able to draw further attention with victories in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2017 , as they were able to prevail against two teams from the MLS. In the end you reached the semifinals.

Major League Soccer

Season dates since 2019

season	Eastern Conference	Overall table	Play-offs
2019	12/12	24/24	not qualified
2020	/ 13	/ 26

For the 2019 season, the franchise switched to Major League Soccer . As part of this, the franchise will move to a new stadium, which should be completed in 2021. The first season ended as the worst team in the league. Both in the Eastern Conference and in the overall table, FC Cincinnati came last.

Stadion

The home games are played in the Nippert Stadium . The 40,000-seat stadium is home to the University of Cincinnati football team . For the games in the USL, the audience capacity will be reduced.

organization

owner

The businessman Carl Lindner III, CEO of the American Financial Group, is the main owner of FC Cincinnati. He, along with Scott Farmer, board member of Cintas , holds most of the shares in the franchise.

management

General Manager and President of Cincinnati FC is Jeff Berding. Berding was previously responsible for public relations and sales at the Cincinnati Bengals . Former soccer player Luke Sassano acts as technical director.

Players and staff

Squad season 2019

As of March 23, 2019

No. position Surname 2 FROM Kendall Waston 3 FROM Forrest Lasso 4th FROM Greg Garza 5 MF Nazmi Albadawi 6th MF Leonardo Bertone 7th MF Roland Lamah 8th MF Victor Ulloa ( HGP ) 9 ST Fanendo Adi ( DP ) 10 ST Emery Welshman 11 ST Darren Mattocks 13 TW Jimmy Hague 14th FROM Nick Hagglund 15th MF Allan Cruz (DP) 16 MF Eric Alexander 17th FROM Mathieu Deplagne

No. position Surname 18th TW Spencer Richey 19th MF Corben Bone 20th MF Jimmy McLaughlin 22nd TW Przemysław Tytoń 24 MF Frankie Amaya ( GA ) 27 MF Fatai Alashe 31 ST Kekuta Manneh 32 FROM Justin Hoyte 33 MF Caleb Stanko 45 FROM Emmanuel Ledesma 47 FROM Hassan Ndam 81 ST Rashawn Dally 92 FROM Alvas Powell 93 MF Kenny Saief

Coaching staff

As of March 2, 2020

• Yoann Damet - interim trainer
• Ivar van Dinteren - assistant coach
• Jack Stern - goalkeeping coach

Previous trainers

• John Harkes (2016-2017)
• Alan Koch (2017-2019)
• Yoann Damet (interim) (2019)
• Ron Jans (2019-2020)
• Yoann Damet (interim) (2020)
• Jaap Stam (2020–)

successes

United Soccer League

• USL Regular Season
  • Winner : 2018

Season statistics

year	League level	league	Regular season	Play-offs	US Open Cup	Average audience
2016	3	USL	3.	1st round (Conference quarter-finals)	3rd round	17,296 (1.)
2017	2	USL	6. (East)	1st round (Conference quarter-finals)	Semifinals	21.199
2018	2	USL	1. (East)	Conference semifinals	4th round

Individual evidence

1. ^ New United Soccer League franchise to play at UC in 2016 . August 11, 2015. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
2. ↑ Patrick Brennan: Another record crowd turns out to watch FC Cincy win . In: Cincinnati Enquirer . May 14, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
3. ↑ Major League Soccer Awards Expansion Team to Cincinnati , fccincinnati.com, May 29, 2018, accessed June 1, 2018.
4. ↑ Roster. Retrieved March 23, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Technical Staff. Retrieved March 2, 2020 . 

Web links

• www.charlotteindependence.com - Official website